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June 21, 2012|Reuters

The Sports Xchange

06/21/2012 MLB Note - Toronto Blue Jays O'Sullivan, Sean

RHP Sean O'Sullivan was acquired from the Royals in a cash transaction, adding another arm to the battered Blue Jays pitching staff. O'Sullivan, 24, was 5-4 with a 6.75 ERA in 17 games (five starts) for Class AAA Omaha (Papillion, Neb.) this year. He went 2-6 with a 7.25 ERA in 12 games (10 starts) for Kansas City last year.

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MLB Note - Chicago White Sox Peavy, Jake

RHP Jake Peavy said he spoke to teammates and no one was angry or took offense at his comments from Tuesday. It was after a 2-1 loss to the Cubs that Peavy sent the message that it was time to focus and start playing better. He made sure it was taken the right way Wednesday, and considering the White Sox beat the Cubs 7-0, maybe it was. "I wasn't calling anybody out," Peavy said. "At the same time, I was speaking the truth and what has to happen. We're not playing terrible baseball, but we're not doing the little things we need to do to win these tight, one-run games."

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MLB Note - Chicago White Sox Fukudome, Kosuke

OF Kosuke Fukudome is showing all the signs of a player who is on the downside of his big-league career rather than a reserve with some worth. He is 2-for-13 (.154) through four rehab games for Class AAA Charlotte. Fukudome has been out since June 4 with a strained right oblique, and he was hitting just .171 in 24 games with the Sox this season, used mostly as a defensive replacement for Dayan Viciedo in left field at times. Jordan Danks took Fukudome's spot, and has basically done what Fukudome was doing, but he has a better glove.

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MLB Note - Chicago White Sox Dunn, Adam

DH/1B Adam Dunn was in a bit of a rut with his swing through the first two games of the Cubs series, going 1-for-7 and not picking up an RBI. He changed that in Wednesday's 7-0 win, getting an RBI single in his 1-for-4 showing. Afterward, he said that taking something off his swing might be the key moving forward. "I think I'm swinging too hard, actually," Dunn said. "I know that sounds stupid, but I think I'm seeing it pretty good and swinging too hard."

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MLB Note - Chicago White Sox De Aza, Alejandro

OF Alejandro De Aza gave the Sox-Cubs series something to file until next time the teams meet, as he wasn't happy that Cubs RHP Manny Corpas hit him on the right thigh with the first pitch of the eighth inning Wednesday. "Yes, I do think I got hit on purpose," De Aza said after the 7-0 Sox win. "I don't know, but the way they throw that ball, I think it was on purpose." De Aza said he was surprised and angry, adding that he and Corpas were friends. "I think they just told him to hit the first guy," De Aza said. The two teams won't play again until spring training.

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MLB Note - Chicago White Sox Beckham, Gordon

2B Gordon Beckham went 3-for-9 with a homer and four RBI in the Cubs series. In his career, Beckham is a .347 hitter (25-for-72) with four homers and 12 RBI in 22 games against the White Sox's cross-town rivals.

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MLB Note - Los Angeles Angels Trout, Mike

OF Mike Trout has had 21 multi-hit games in 46 starts since his promotion. He's also scored 40 runs (the most in the majors since May 1) and reached base 85 times (also more than anyone else in the majors since May 1). "He's played just about as well as anybody in the league, really since he was called up," Angels RHP Dan Haren said.

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MLB Note - Los Angeles Angels Segura, Jean

SS Jean Segura has been selected to play in the 14th annual All-Star Futures Game, July 8 in Kansas City. Segura, 22, is batting .291 with Class AA Arkansas, where he is second in the Texas League with 22 stolen bases. Segura is getting his first extended exposure above Class A this season and has hit better each month -- .256 in April, .294 in May and .325 in the first 19 games this month.

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MLB Note - Los Angeles Angels Trumbo, Mark

OF Mark Trumbo leads the Angels with 17 home runs and 47 RBI and has driven in the most runs in the majors this month (22). Over his past 23 games, Trumbo is batting .341 (31-for-91) with four doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 29 RBI.

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MLB Note - Los Angeles Angels Aybar, Erick

SS Erick Aybar was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in Wednesday's win over the Giants. He is now batting .400 (24-for-60) in 15 games against National League teams -- but just .193 (35-for-181) in 52 games against American League teams.